© www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Don Cockell (Battersea) Active: 1946-1956 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 82 contests (won: 67 lost: 14 drew: 1) Fight Record 1946 Jun 26 Trevor Lowder (Bramley) WKO5(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Boxing News 03/07/1946 pages 14 and 15 Jul 18 Sid Warrs (Watford) WRSF1(8) Town Hall, Watford Source: Boxing News 24/07/1946 pages 14 and 15 Jul 31 Frank Baldwin (British Honduras) WRSF Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Bucks Free Press(High Wycombe) Referee: Tommy Little Jul 31 Frank Baldwin (British Honduras) WPTS(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Bucks Free Press(High Wycombe) Referee: Tommy Little Aug 28 Ron Baker (Peterborough) WKO3(8) Town Hall, Watford Source: Boxing News 04/09/1946 page 14 Cockell 11st 2lbs Baker 12st 2lbs Promoter: Eddie Mallett Sep 9 Harry Lawrence (Crewkerne) WRSF2(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Bucks Free Press Sep 23 Trevor Lowder (Bramley) WKO3(8) Rugby Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 7 Jimmy Sales (London) WKO2 Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Bucks Free Press(High Wycombe) Oct 7 Jimmy Sales (London) WKO2(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Oct 10 Jock Taylor (Sidcup) LPTS(8) Town Hall, Watford Source: Boxing News 16/10/1946 page 14 Taylor boxed for the South East Area Light-Heavyweight Title 1948. Cockell 12st 4lbs Taylor 12st 0lbs Oct 14 Harry O'Grady (Amersham) WPTS(6) Municipal Baths, Epsom Source: Boxing News 23/10/1946 page 13 Cockell 12st 6lbs 8ozs O'Grady 11st 7lbs 8ozs Nov 4 Frank Johnson (Canada) WKO2 Municipal Baths, Epsom Source: Boxing News 13/11/1946 pages 13 and 14 Cockell 12st 4lbs 12ozs Johnson 12st 3lbs 8ozs Nov 23 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WPTS(10) Chard Source: Boxing News 04/12/1946 page 11 Nov 25 Reg Spring (Southall) WPTS Cirencester Source: Boxing News 04/12/1946 page 12 Spring was South Eastern Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1949. Cockell 12st 0lbs Spring 11st 8lbs Dec 2 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) WPTS(6) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Carroll boxed a British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator 1950. Dec 16 Battling Joe Igo (Batley) WRSF4(8) Kettering Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1947 Jan 6 Jock Taylor (Sidcup) LKO6(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Jan 20 Billy Carroll (Doncaster) WKO5 Cirencester Source: Boxing News 29/01/1947 page 12 Cockell 12st 0lbs Carroll 12st 0lbs Jan 27 Harold Kid Anthony (Wales) WPTS(10) Kettering Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) May 3 Harold Kid Anthony (Wales) WKO4 Corn Exchange, Newbury Source: Boxing News 07/05/1947 pages 15 and 16 Cockell 12st 1lbs Anthony 12st 7lbs Jun 9 Ronnie Croad (Hammersmith) WKO3 Town Hall, Wembley Source: Boxing News 18/06/1947 page 14 Cockell 12st 1lbs Croad 11st 10lbs 12ozs Jun 16 Matt Hardy (Doncaster) WKO7(8) Weston-super-Mare Source: Harold Alderman (Boxing Historian) Jul 7 Ginger Sadd (Norwich) WPTS(6) Reading Source: Boxing News 16/07/1947 page 15 Sadd boxed for the British Middleweight Title 1939 and was Eastern Counties Welterweight Champion 1935-36 and Eastern Area Middleweight Champion 1937 and 1948-49. Cockell 11st 10lbs Sadd 11st 11lbs Jul 21 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WPTS(8) Weston-super-Mare Source: Boxing News 13/08/1947 page 12 Cockell 12st 2lbs Roche 11st 10lbs Jul 28 Andy McKenzie (South Shields) WRSF10(10) Reading Source: Boxing News 06/08/1947 pages 15 and 16 Aug 4 Reg Spring (Southall) WPTS(8) Kettering Source: Boxing News 20/08/1947 page 13 Aug 11 Dave Goodwin (Shirebrook) LRTD7(8) Yeovil Source: Boxing News Goodwin was North Midlands Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1949. Goodwin 11st 9lbs Cockell down 11 times Nov 18 Reg Spring (Southall) WRTD5(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) 1948 Jan 12 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) DRAW(8) Town Hall, High Wycombe Source: Boxing News 21/01/1948 page 13 Feb 4 Reg Spring (Southall) LPTS(8) Caledonian Road Baths, Islington Source: Boxing News 11/02/1948 page 14 Cockell 12st 4lbs Spring 12st 4lbs Feb 17 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) WKO4(8) Assembly Rooms, Tunbridge Wells Source: Boxing News 25/02/1948 page 14 Cockell 12st 4lbs 8ozs Carroll 12st 9lbs Feb 23 George Barrett (Eltham) WKO1(6) Corn Exchange, Newbury Source: Boxing News 03/03/1948 page 14 Cockell 12st 3lbs Barrett 12st 4lbs Apr 12 Paddy Roche (Ireland) WRSF3(6) Corn Exchange, Newbury Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) May 10 Koffi Kiteman (Gold Coast) WRSF5(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 19/05/1948 pages 13 and 14 Cockell 12st 3lbs 4ozs Kiteman 11st 9lbs May 18 Johnny Williams (Rugby) WPTS(8) Football Ground, Coventry Source: Boxing News 26/05/1948 pages 12 and 13 Williams was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1952-53. Cockell 12st 4lbs Williams 12st 1lbs Attendance: 25000 Jun 14 Battling Joe Igo (Batley) WRTD4(8) Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare Source: Boxing News 23/06/1948 page 13 Cockell 12st 7lbs Igo 12st 7lbs Jul 5 Dave Goodwin (Shirebrook) WRSF2 Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 14/07/1948 page 12 Cockell 12st 7lbs 4ozs Goodwin 12st 2lbs 8ozs Jul 19 Trevor Burt (Ogmore Vale) WKO1(6) Greyhound Stadium, Southampton Source: Boxing News 28/07/1948 pages 14 and 15 Cockell 12st 6lbs Burt 12st 3lbs Jul 27 Johnny Williams (Rugby) LRSF2 Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 04/08/1948 page 14 Cockell 12st 4lbs 8ozs Williams 12st 3lbs 12ozs cut eye Sep 6 Gene Fowler (Canada) WPTS(6) Greyhound Stadium, Southampton Source: Boxing News 15/09/1948 page 13 Cockell 12st 6lbs Fowler 12st 9lbs Sep 13 Henry Palmer (Jamaica) WKO5(6) Corn Exchange, Newbury Source: Boxing News 22/09/1948 pages 13 and 14 Cockell 12st 4lbs Palmer 12st 6lbs Oct 12 Johnny Barton (Lancaster) LPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 20/10/1948 page 15 Promoter: Joe Jacobs Attendance: 5000 Oct 25 Gene Fowler (Canada) WPTS(8) Weston-super-Mare Source: Boxing News 10/11/1948 pages 11 and 12 Cockell 12st 6lbs 12ozs Fowler 12st 3lbs 8ozs Nov 29 Johnny Barton (Lancaster) WPTS(8) Cossington Street Baths, Leicester Source: Boxing News 08/12/1948 page 14 Cockell 12st 4lbs Barton 12st 5lbs Dec 7 Doug Richards (Swansea) WKO5(6) Reading Source: Vic Hardwicke (Boxing Historian) Richards boxed for the Welsh Light-Heavyweight Title 1949. 1949 Jan 31 Lloyd Barnett (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 02/02/1949 page 15 Cockell 12st 8lbs 12ozs Barnett 12st 7lbs 8ozs Feb 7 Mark Hart (Croydon) WPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 09/02/1949 page 15 Hart boxed for the British Light-Heavyweight Title 1950 and was South Eastern Area Middleweight Champion 1947-48 and South East Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1949. Cockell 12st 8lbs 8ozs Hart 12st 7lbs 8ozs Mar 29 Paddy Slavin (Belfast) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 06/04/1949 page 13 Slavin was Northern Ireland Area Heavyweight Champion 1948. Cockell 12st 13lbs Slavin 12st 9lbs 4ozs Apr 11 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) LDSQ5(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 13/04/1949 pages 14, 13 Cockell 12st 10lbs 4ozs Carroll 12st 1lbs 8ozs Jun 13 Bert Gilroy (Coatbridge) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/06/1949 page 13 Gilroy boxed a British Middleweight Title Eliminator 1940 and was Scottish Area Middleweight Champion 1938-39 and Scottish Area Light-Heavyweight Champion 1945-49. Cockell 12st 7lbs 12ozs Gilroy 12st 9lbs Oct 11 Gabriel Bigotte (France) WKO1 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 19/10/1949 page 11 Cockell 13st 1lbs Bigotte 13st 4lbs Oct 31 Don Mogard (Canada) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 09/11/1949 page 7 Cockell 12st 11lbs 12ozs Mogard 13st 4lbs Promoter: Joe Jacobs Attendance: 9000 Dec 20 Charlie Collett (Hemel Hempstead) WRSF1(8) Corn Exchange, Reading Source: Boxing News 28/12/1949 page 12 Cockell 12st 9lbs 12ozs Collett 15st 2lbs 1950 Jan 17 Andre Le Franc (France) WRSF5(10) Ice Rink, Streatham Source: Boxing News 25/01/1950 page 7 Match made at 12st 10lbs Cockell 12st 8lbs 8ozs Le Franc 12st 4lbs Promoter: Stan Baker damaged eye Jan 24 Aaron Wilson (USA) LKO6(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 01/02/1950 pages 8, 09 and 10 Cockell 13st 2lbs Wilson 13st 6lbs 4ozs Feb 13 Georges Rogiers (Belgium) WPTS(8) Granby Halls, Leicester Source: Boxing News 22/02/1950 page 11 Cockell 13st 0lbs 4ozs Rogiers 13st 11lbs Feb 28 Aaron Wilson (USA) LPTS(8) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 08/03/1950 page 5 Cockell 12st 10lbs 4ozs Wilson 13st 5lbs 8ozs Mar 14 Lloyd Barnett (Jamaica) WPTS(8) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 22/03/1950 page 7 Cockell 12st 12lbs 8ozs Barnett 13st 2lbs Apr 4 Jimmy Carroll (Stockport) WRTD7(12) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 12/04/1950 page 7 (British Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Cockell 12st 5lbs Carroll 12st 4lbs 4ozs Oct 17 Mark Hart (Croydon) WKO14(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 08/11/1950 page 12 (British Light-Heavyweight Title) Cockell 12st 6lbs 10ozs Hart 12st 6lbs 6ozs Nov 14 Lloyd Marshall (USA) WDSQ7 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 22/11/1950 pages 8, 09 and 13 Cockell 12st 8lbs 4ozs Marshall 12st 9lbs 4ozs 1951 Feb 27 Lloyd Marshall (USA) WKO1(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 07/03/1951 pages 8 and 9 Mar 27 Albert Yvel (France) WRSF6(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 04/04/1951 pages 8, 09 and 14 (European Light-Heavyweight Title) Cockell 12st 6lbs 12ozs Yvel 12st 6lbs 12ozs Apr 24 Freddie Beshore (USA) WPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 02/05/1951 pages 8 and 9 Cockell 12st 13lbs Jun 5 Nick Barone (USA) WKO6(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 13/06/1951 pages 10, 11 and 14 Cockell 12st 10lbs 12ozs Barone 12st 5lbs 12ozs Attendance: 60000 Oct 16 Albert Finch (Croydon) WKO7(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 24/10/1951 pages 3 and 4 (British and European Light-Heavyweight Title) Finch was British Middleweight Champion 1949-50.